- This article is about the British zoologist Francis Day.
- For the American artist of the same name, see Francis Day (artist).
- For the British actress, please note the different spelling of Frances Day.
Sir Francis Day (1829-1889) was Inspector-General of Fisheries in India and Burma and an ichthyologist. Started as a medical officer in the Madras Presidency, East India Company with a hobby interest in fishes. He wrote a monograph on fishes between 1875-1878 "The Fishes of India" with a supplement in 1888 and two volumes on "Fishes" in the Fauna of British India series in which he described over 1400 species.
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References
- Whitehead, P.J.P. & P.K. Talwar, 1976. Francis Day (1829-1889) and his collections of Indian Fishes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Historical Series 5(1): 1-189, pls. 1-4.
External links
- http://www.amonline.net.au/collections/ichthyology/day.htm
- Day, Francis (1889) Fauna of British India. Fishes. Volume 1. Online
- Day, Francis (1889) Fauna of British India. Fishes. Volume 2. Online
